ducklet en · NOUN
Etymology
From duck + -let.
Meanings
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A small duck or duckling.
Immediately there was a spurt of water, the flash of a quickening body - and that was the ducklet as he dived away to join his mates!
1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 148:
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(qualifier:strictly) A small duck or duckling. ▸ A young female duck.
The copulatory organ looks like a pinkish root tip and its presence denotes a drakelet. In the cloaca of a ducklet no such organ can be seen.
1932, The Harper Adams Utility Poultry Journal, volume 17, page 553:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ducklets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |